Safety-lamp.



N. B. IPPOLITO.

SAFETY LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.17,1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Ill IE PlTTSBUBG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification oi Letters latent.

Patented Jan. 153, 190% Application filed October 17, L905 'Ser'ial No. 5:58, U.

and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and urwiul linprovcnwnis in Sal'ety-lmuips, of which the following; a specification.

My invention relates; to safely-lamps the prime object of the pre to provide a new and IIHPIIOYLfl UOIPQX- plosive oil-lamp.

In the eccompnug'in illustrates u' nglicatio v Figure 1, is u brohwi view bodying my invent 1 shown pa vation and par in. section; l 'i crossecction taken on line it i Fig. 3, a part elevalienul and a par tioual view of a modified form; Figs. and 5, detail sectional views of the form of collanor ring-member employed in the form Fig. 3; and Fig. 6, a detail plan part1 in section of the ringunember, the section being taken on line VlVl' of Fig.

Referring to the drawing, the lamp as illustrated comprises a fluid containing font 1 made of glass and formed with a neck The'font 1, however, may be made of metal as I do not desire toiliniit myself to a glasslamp.

3 designates a burner adapted to be cured to a collar or ring-member 4;, Biz member t is adapted to be secured to neck 2 of the font in. the usuai manner and comprises an annular seat 5 arranged i the neck and an outer depending; arranged on the outside of the neck, as 'shown, the ring-member is secured to the neck by some suitable plastic iaterial as indicated at 7. In the form of ifig. 1, seat 5 is threaded and is adapted to receive 1a threaded portion of a, burner-flange In the form of Fig. 3, I provide the seat with. bayonet slots 9, and the burne" flange 8 with nihs 0r projections 16, the latter being adapted to enter the said bayonet-slots 9.

Extending downwardly from the necli: to within a short distance from the bottom of the font I provide a tube or cylinder 11. Tube 11 is open at its upper end and close at its bottom and is formed with a series of small upwardly inclined openings 12. In the form of Fig. 1, the upper end of the tube is directly secured to the burner and in this form I provide it detachable cap 1% for closing the lower end of the tube. As

drawin which r i and i ant invention is 1 my invention, ot a lamp eiutlv ireiei 2 i i i i i i i l i of, whi

shown tho cap 13 is externally threadedand the lower portion of the tube is internally threaded to engage the threads of the cap. A wire gauze l4: surrounds the tube and cerers the small openings thereof. I

ridjustably secured to the burner and eX- is a wick I tending downwardly into tube ll- 15 To properly deliver the oil or other lighting fluid, from the fontto the burner and to insure a complete consumption there le maintaining a good flame, it proide an absorbent filling orpacking 16 need with n the tube and arranged in act with or in capiilary communication 'h the wick. in PM co, the absorbent lil in in the tori of i, is placed within the time in rcnu the detachable cap 13 on the lmver end 01? the tube and forcing a 4-1 m? t r Ailing up into Lee tu we oil 00 ii sides Or w In the tothe ring-mernber instead of the burner in the torrnot Fig. l, and in this form, the absorbent filling may be introduced through the upper open end of the tube.

W I claim. is:

1. in a lamp having a fluid containing tout, the combination with a burner, of a tube the :t'onthaving closed lower end. and open at its top, and formed with a series of small openings, e wick in the tube, an absorbent filling in the tube in contact the wick, and a wire gauze surround tube and covering the smell open-- In a non-explosive oillamp having a fluid containing tout, the combination with. a burner, ot a tube extending downwardly into the tent having cl sed lower and open at its top and u ed. with a series of smell upwardly inch openings, a wick in the tube, an absorbent iiiiing. in the tube in capillary communication with the wick, and a wire gauze surrounding the tube and covering the small openings.

3. in a safety-lamp having a fluid containing font, the combination with a burner, of a tube securedto the burner extend ing downwardlyinto the font, said tube open at its upper end and closed at its lower end and formed with a series of small open.- ings, a wick secured t0.the burner and extending downwardly into the tube, an absorbent filling in the tube in contact with the wick, and a wire gauze surrounding theform of Fig. 3, the tube is secured t. In a safety-lamp having a fluid con taining tent, the combination with a burner, of a tube secured to the burner and extending downwardly into the font, said tube open at its upper end and formed with a series'ot' small openings, a detachable cap for closing the lower end of the tube, a Wick secured to the burner and extending into the tube, an absorbent filling in the tube in contact with the wick, and a Wire gauze surrounding the tube and covering-the small openings. v

5. In a safety-lamp having a fluid containing font provided With a neck the combination of a ring-member having a burner seat within the neck and a depending flange on the outside of the neck, of a burner, a

tube secured to the burner and extending" downwardly into the font, said tube open at its top and formed with a series of smaii upwardly inclined openings, a detachable cap for closing the lower end of the tube, a Wick secured to the burner and extending into the tube an absorbent filling in the tube in capillary communication with the Wick, and a Wire gauze surrounding the tube and covering the small openings.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

NICKOLAS B. IPPOLITO.

Witnesses A. C. WAY, W. G. Doomr'rnu. 

